New England Confectionary Company is the oldest continuously operating multi-line confectionary company with operations starting in 1847. Out of its Revere, MA facility, the Company manufactures, sells and distributes many well-known brands nationally such as Sweethearts, NECCO Wafers, Mary Jane, Mighty Malts, Clark, Skybar and many others. NECCO is private equity backed.

This position is responsible for the following functions:

• Production Planning
• S&OP Procurement
• Customer Service
• Data Management (BOM)
• Warehouse / Distribution

You are a dynamic leader that demonstrates a “take charge” approach. With exceptional time and project management skills, you are able to lead and develop your team to embrace and effectively manage change. You have demonstrated process improvement capabilities and have a keen focus on optimizing efficiency. With a strong cross functional experience, you know what “good looks like” and have a proven ability to build plans to achieve improvement.

You will:

• Foster and support a growing relationship between the Operations and Sales teams and be a primary contributor in the development and implementation of short-term and long-term strategies and plans for company Operations and Sales.

• Be the Continuous Improvement advocate for the Supply Chain organization.

• Manage staff growth and development for the Supply Chain Team.

• Coach Supply Chain team members to find ways to improve performance through Lean – Continuous Improvement initiatives.

• Manage the planning process for seasonal build plans and everyday fulfillment excellence.

• Project manager oversight for new commercialization projects and potential co-manufacturing initiatives. Develop your Team to do the same.

• Develop and implement processes, strategies, and plans with the Operations and Sales teams to support the fast growth of the company.

• Be a co-lead on future ERP evaluations / installations

• Be the key person for analytical insight on production capacity, bottleneck identification, new business opportunity identification, and developing action plans that will achieve results.

• Determine ways to optimize inventory levels while maintaining a high customer fulfillment rate.

• Own inventory management and customer service.

• Identify and implement scheduling optimization tools and improvements including forecast systems, change over reductions, optimal SKU runs, and ABC item analysis.

• Develop a highly efficient warehouse team – delivering operational savings while leading a world class safety focus

• Balance cost and service across the inbound, back haul, and outbound freight categories.

• Minimize freight costs & improve the traffic networks’ ability to remove cost & deliver product successfully at a high level.

• Procurement – deliver optimize costs for the business through effective negotiation, vendor relationships and category knowledge / strategies.

• Strong background in collaborating with Operations and Sales to develop and implement short-term and long-term strategies and plans for the company.

• You have developed and led a successful S&OP process

• Demonstrable history of process development, optimization, and implementation.

• Excellent Supply Chain planning experience.

• Strong people management skills.

• Solid Continuous Improvement background.

• Lean experience is key

• Must possesses critical thinking skills and be able to build and drive a team’s vision and achieve results.

• Excellent coaching skills.

• Excellent presentation and verbal & written communication skills.

• Outstanding ability to initiate and develop collaborative relationships with Operations, Sales, and other departments within a company.

• Demonstrated experience and knowledge of Warehouse and Freight Management

• Bachelor's degree from a four-year college.

• 5 to 10 years experience in leadership of Materials Management, Planning function in a multi work center, complex sku based environment

• Computer skills: Proficient with email and Microsoft Outlook. Above average ability in excel.

• Self-starting self-motivator. Possesses the ability to achieve success in a fast paced, multi-tasked oriented environment.

• Planning, problem solving, project management experience and the ability to lead and influence by example.

• Highly effective time management and multi facet prioritization.

The New England Confectionery Company promotes equity in employment. Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. No telephone inquires or agencies please. Relocation Assistance is not available for this position.